This is the way I walk This is the way I walk home This is the way I walk alone How can I know our play’s no game How can I know our needs remain How can I know our love is real How can I know love’s what I feel When, in the nighttime when, as the wind blows when, as I walk home I walk alone This is the way I want This is the way I want you This is the way I love you When will I see these words are true When will I seek your promises too How can I know love will work out How can I know how I’ll find out When, in the morning when, as I wake up when, I don’t have you I want you This is the walk away This is the way I am lonely This is the way I sing alone How many times I walked with you How many times I saw you smile How many times I thought I’d stay How many times I walked away When will I see my hopes come true How can I know our love is true How will I know if you want me How can I know what I can’t see How can I know what I can’t see This is the way I love This is the way I love you This is the way I want you Carry me somewhere Carry me on Carry me somewhere Carry me on This is the way I cry This is the way I cry for you This is the way I love you When I was with you I was happy When I was with you you were, too When I was with you I did not hear all of the cries of fears about me see all of the tears of the rocks that cry so in the night I sing a sad song so in the air I breathe my sadness When the sky’s blue and I see the sunshine When I have you and I take your love I will be through with these lonely nighttimes I will be through with these empty tunes So in the night I walk alone So in the air I breathe my sadness
September 1971